Область научных интересов — таксономия и экология перепончатокрылых насекомых — семейства Trichogrammatidae, Mymaridae, главным образом паразитов яиц чешуекрылых, жесткокрылых, полужесткокрылых и других насекомых, включая паразитов яиц водных насекомых, в том числе стрекоз, жуков-плавунцов, водных клопов; а также семейства Agaonidae, Eulophidae, Scelionidae, вопросы фаунистики и систематики, теории паразито-хозяинных взаимоотношений, биологического метода борьбы с вредителями сельского хозяйства, охраны окружающей среды и др.
M.D. Zerova, V.N. Fursov -The palaearctic species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) developing in stone fruits (Rosaceae: Prunoideae). 1991, Bulletin of Entomological Research 81 (02), 209-219
V.N. Fursov - A review of European Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) parasitizing the eggs of aquatic insects. BULLETIN-IRISH BIOGEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 18, 2-12. 1995
V.N. Fursov, V.V. Kostiukov - New species of the genus Tetrastichus (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), egg parasites of damselflies and dragonflies and of predaceous diving beetles. Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 1987
V.E. Gokhman, A.P. Mikhailenko, V.N. Fursov -Chromosomes of Blastophaga psenes (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae). J Hymenopt Res 19, 187-188. 2010
V.N. Fursov - New species of chalcids of the genus Uscana Girault (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) from Georgia and the Ukraine. Ėntomologicheskoe Obozrenie 66 (1), 175-183, 1987
V.N. Fursov - The taxonomic control of Trichogramma production in Ukraine. COLLOQUES-INRA, 19-19 1995
V. Fursov, Y. Shirota, T. Nomiya - New Fossil Mymarommatid Species, Palaeomymar japonicum sp. nov.(Hymenoptera: Mymarommatidae), Discovered in Cretaceous Amber from Japan (Systematics, Morphology and Evolution). Entomological science 5 (1), 51-54. 2002
S.V. Kononova, V.N. Fursov - A review of the genera Calotelea, Calliscelio, and Oxyscelio (Scelioninae, Scelionidae, Proctotrupoidea) from the Palaearctic fauna. Entomological Review 87 (1), 92-105. 2007
V.N. Fursov - Discovery of four species of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammmatidae), new for the fauna of England. Vestnik zoologii 34 (4/5), 107-113, 137. 2000
V.N. Fursov - Egg-parasitoids (Hymenoptera) of aquatic beetles. Latissimus, Newsletter of Balfour-Browne Club, Scotland, 16-17. 2000.
V.N. Fursov - A review of palaearctic species from the genus Baeus (Scelionidae, Baeini)-egg parasites of spiders (Arachnida).ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL 78 (11), 1284-1291 1999.
O.P. Negrobov, V.N. Fursov - Revision of the Palearctic species of Neurigona Rondani (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). II. Entomological review (USA). 1989
S.V. Kononova, V.N. Fursov - New species of egg-parasitoids of the family Scelionidae (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea) from Japan. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 84, 592-604. 2005.
I. Shumakova, V. Fursov, D. Gladun, L. Frantsevich - Swimming in the diving wasp Prestwichia aquatica (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Entomologia generalis 26 (4), 225-234. 2003
O.P. Negrobov, V.N. Fursov, O.V. Selivanova - A New Species of Dolichopus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Japan. Vestnik Zoologii 48 (5), 471-474 2014
V.N. Fursov - New data on the biology and distribution of the Lathromeroidea silvarum Nowicki, 1937 (Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae) an egg parasitoid of water beetles (Hydrophilidae and Dytiscidae) Lathromeroidea silvarum Nowicki, 1937 (Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae) 2004
I. Shumakova, V. Fursov, D. Gladun, L. Frantsevich - Articles & Notes-Swimming in the Diving Wasp Prestwichia aquatica (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Entomologia Generalis 26 (4), 225-234. 2001